Re: soggy news
Hi Curt,
Did you guys have anything under the pumpkin or was it sitting on the ground? A lot of people use a lot of different things to sit the pumpkin on, depends on whats available locally. I use styrofoam covered with about 4 inches of sand under my pumpkins and so far has worked well. Some people use plywood and many other things. The sand is great to use though. It drains water away from the fruit but also lets it slide as it grows.
Mark
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Curt Mearns <curtm@swcp.com>
Reply-To: pumpkins@hort.net
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 21:28:52 -0600
>Greetings folks,
>
>I've been monitoring this site for about 5 years and post occasionally.
>Haven't had any big success in the garden after 5 years, but this year
>shared a single seed with a friend who grew a biggie.
>My guess was about 200 lbs plus or minus 50. I was happy to see a bit
>of success. Unfortunately the summer monsoon rains seem to have set a
>mold after the bottom, and the whole fruit collapsed.
>
>I haven't read about this sort of outcome on the listserve, but I
>suppose others get summer rains too.
>Any tips for next year would be really appreciated
>Regards,
>Curt
>Albuquerque, NM
>
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